In India’s mobile-payments boom, even beggars get QR codes


By Shan LiRajesh Roy

The fact that beggars and their donors are all part of India’s digital finance revolution helps explain the explosive growth in mobile payments. — Mobile money vector created by pch.vector - www.freepik.com

A beggar in the eastern Indian state of Bihar strolled through a train station one recent weekday, toting a metal pail for cash and a tablet computer with a QR code stuck on the back.

Raju Prasad began accepting donations via mobile-payment apps a few months ago.

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